This week on Off the Shelf we welcome back Adam Blai. Adam is a lay expert on the topic of exorcisms and has first hand experience in multiple cases. He recently wrote a fascinating book about a number of the cases he has been a part of called The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession. Grab your copy here.

From the publisher Sophia Institute Press

Drawing from his extensive experience in assisting with cases of demonic oppression and possession, in The Exorcism Files,Adam Blai presents readers with enlightening true stories and traces their causation. Whether people provided a gateway through Ouija boards, tarot cards, Reiki, Yoga, or martial arts, Blai reports from firsthand observation how they were lured into the occult.

Blai also recounts shocking cases of participation in covens and cults under the guise of knowledge, empowerment, and liberation. This is sometimes accompanied by crimes and hauntings, which Blai also documents. An essential guide for our time, The Exorcism Files reveals numerous striking truths about the supernatural, including:

  • The key signs of diabolic possession — and how they differ from those of oppression
  • How dabbling in the occult opens the door to evil
  • Why the devil most intently attacks priestly and religious vocations
  • How evil can manifest itself in physical objects or symptoms
  • Why only priests, with their bishops’ permission, should perform the solemn rite of exorcism
  • How engaging in ghost hunting is flirting with evil

Blai demonstrates that there is a supernatural enemy in this world who is trying to destroy us. Our defenses are the Precious Blood of Jesus, the sacraments of the Catholic Church, Holy Scripture, and Church Tradition.

Bio

Adam Blai has a master’s degree in psychology and is a peritus of religious demonology and exorcism for the Pittsburgh Diocese. He is an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists in Rome, trains exorcists nationally, participates in deliverance ministry, and was a member of an investigative panel for paranormal research. He is also the author of Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms and The Catholic Guide to Miracles.

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